Anthony Wayne Flag Pole

Historical marker location:

301 Wilson Drive, Greenville, Ohio

( Marker is on Wilson Drive, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1998

At the Peace Council House.

The Ohio River, which forms the state's southern border, played a significant role in the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by African American slaves to escape to freedom in the North before the Civil War.